Auto wheel



Oct. 25 1927. 1,646,635

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3f V @nvm/d@ f? C/V//afg '25 12 `1646635 9ct 9 7 c. N. swAN Auro WHEEL Filed July 2e, 1924 2 sheets-sheet 2 nwnloz 1 l l I i f e 1 V a Patented ct. k25, i927.

-tra?fs i 'Aero vire:ninikv i The device forming'the subject matter oit` `this application is arvehicle wheel andthe 'invention aims to provide novel `means wherebyV pneumatic tires, subject to puncture and deterioration, maybe dispensed with.

It is within the province of the'disclosure to improve generally vand to enhance the utility of devices of that sort to which the invention appertains. f'

Although a preferred form of the invention has been shown vin the drawings, a

wheel-wright, working within the vscope of what is claimed, may make changes without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawings z-Figure 1 shows 1n ele:

I vation, a port-ion of'a wheelwherein the in vention has been embodied;Figure 2 isa vsection on the line 2-2 of Figure 1; Figure 3 is a radial section wherein the framepf the wheel appears mostly m el'evati'on;F1`g

vure 4 is a sectionl on the line 4-4-of Fig- I ure 2.

i 22 pivoted lat 23 to a hub 24 which maybe,-

secured as shown to the axle 17. l The meinl The vwheel body 1 may'beiconstructedas desired. v As shown,it embodies a felly 2, brackets 3 secured at 4 to the telly, a rim 5 .Y

on the telly and a tire 6 carried by the rim.

The tire 6 may be made of solid rubber andl is used merely to avoid noise.

The frame of the wheel includes diverging spokes '7 and 8 eachpair thereof being con-A neoted by a head 9 having a tenon 10 s e cured at 11 to the felly 2. The spokes 8 are ,K

joined integrally toa ring12, and the'spokes 7 .are j oinedintegrally to a ring 14, whereon a cover plate 15 is attached as at: 16. Anrspoke 21 includes an inner tubular member ber 22 of the spoke 21 has an inner end wali 25.r Each spoke includes an outerl .tubular member 26 mounted to slide in-jthe inner tubular member 22 and connected by a pivot element 27 with the bracket 3 of the wheel body 1, Washers 28 beinginterposed between the sidesof the spoke member 26 and the Y sired.

fnected at 34b tothe piston'37.y *v The hub 24 and the axle 17 are suspeneded 'by means of thel spr1ngs'34 and 35V and U The axle 17 f Vv'will be lubricatedv at all times.

ment 27, the spoke being adaptedto .contain o il'or other liquid-,becausefthe spoke is hol'- low, and theoil may be introduced into `the spoke through an opening `29 -formed in a 7i-th a view to preventing leakage,` agasket 32 is held about the Vspoke member 26" by means of acollar 33-threadedv on the Vspoke Y, member 22. The outer end'of a spring 34 is f bracket to limitleakage along thefpivot eleto ,Y

'boss l30 on the spoke member 26, the yopening `29 being 'closed by'fa screwV 31 or Vthe like.

connected at 34ay to the pivot element 27 ,the l spring. being vlocated in rthe member 26 vof the spoke. The outerendof a` spring 35vis T v connectedat- 35EL t'o the inner end wall 25 of the spoke lmember 22, it being observed'that,l

theoutcr member 26 of the spoke has an end'v i wall 36, so that the oilvor other` liquid may be retained vin the spoke. -Alpiston 37 is mountedl to `slide in the" spoke member 26 t and is providedV with any desired number-of bypass .ducts 38, but one'duct being shown," although there may be asimany ductsfas deconnected at 35bto the piston 37 ,Y and thev corresponding Y end of the spring 34l is conf4 n The inner end of thespring 35.y is i the spokes can swing parallel to the plane l of the wheel on the pivot elements 23. lIn

the event that the spokes 21 lswing to acon-4 siderable extent, due,for instance, to a pro-V nounced torque produced by the axle 17 the projections 20 on the frame ofk the wheelwill coact with thefar'ms l19 of the brake `drum 18l l and afford a' positive stop. The members 22.

V.and 260i the spoke 21 can telescopewith` respect to each other, the piston 37 sliding lengthwise of the spoke, and oil orfother..v

liquid in the spoke moving romone end of lthe spoke to the otlieiythrough the duct 38- in the piston. Theresult is that the wheel l,

althoughresilient, willv have considerable stability and the springs35 and34, further,

-Awvheel including a; body and a hubp' spokes each` comprising telescoped `members adapted` to contain-a liquid, the` telescoped members of each spoke being pivoted re-A 'y spectively lto the body and to the-hub, to 'f swing parallel to the median` plane ofjthe" j wheel, a piston fitting closely but'slidably in one of the telescoped members of each of said spokes, 'there being chambers.v at they,` 7 5 I ends of each spoke on opposite sides of the ton,y the duct communicating at its ends With piston, and springs connected at their inner the aforesaid chambers.` ends to the plston and at their outer ends yto In testimony that I 'claim the foregoing l0 the members of .the spokes, thepiston being as ymy* 0Wn I have hereto afixed my signa- 'Y provided with a bypass duet which opens ture. i l Y at its ends through the endsof the piston in spaced relation to the periphery of the pisl d CHARLES NEWTON SWAN. 

